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Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: In a word, would it be Mr. Murphy's estimation that there is a two-tier system when it comes to policing and fisheries protection here vis-à-vis Irish and foreign flagged vessels?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Mr. Burke divulged some personal information earlier and all of us here wish him well. It was very powerful, in that it gave a metaphor for the overall state of the Irish fishing industry. We have spoken about this over the last couple of meetings. From a sea fisheries protection and policing point of view, what is the outlook, to borrow from the medical term?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: On behalf of the committee and its members, I thank all of our witnesses for their contributions to today's meeting. We had a good, forthright conversation. We will suspend the meeting for 30 seconds to allow the witnesses to leave the room. I ask members to remain here because we have another part of the meeting coming up. While we are in private session, we will have a number of items...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I welcome our witnesses. I must read a note on parliamentary privilege. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means a witness has a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank Mr. Sisk. Given the time constraints, we will have four minutes for Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I ask him to be very brief. That has to include responses as well as the questions.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank Dr. Officer, but I must call Deputy Whitmore.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Yes.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I would like to pose a few questions myself. I congratulate Mr. Sisk on his appointment. Now that this meeting has happened, he can drop the designate from the title and take on full duties as chairperson. I represent County Waterford, an area that is primed and ready in many respects for the development of offshore renewables. However, there is some concern locally about the impact this...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank Mr. Sisk and Dr. Officer for their responses.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank Mr. Sisk and Dr. Officer for being with us today. I wish Mr. Sisk the very best of luck as he takes up the role. No doubt he will be here again and we will have a longer and more in-depth discussion. We will definitely take him up on the kind invitation to visit the Marine Institute in Galway. Deputy Whitmore's point is good one. We have set ourselves the task of looking ahead to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: A lot of this conversation and discussion has been about whether this is legally permissible and about awaiting the Attorney General's opinion. Is it legally permissible not to do this? The International Court of Justice ruling requires states to prevent trade or investment relations with the illegal settlements. If 70% of trade with the occupied territories is in services are we at risk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I do not necessarily think this is the best response we can give as a State, that states are talking about this and discussing this. We need to legislate here. We need to legislate for Irish trade. I understand there will be European law as well but we are a signatory to the ICJ treaty. We are part of that, are subject to its jurisdiction and participate in it. It is saying that states...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: If the Attorney General's response is to come back and say, "Go on ahead there is no legal issue here", is the Department ready to legislate? Has it the legislation, which would include services, drafted and ready to go? Would there be no issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I understand the message from Mr. Smyth that it is a legal question not a political one but pardon me for not feeling that there is a great level of political will on the part of the Government to drive this on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Rural communities are being hollowed out right across the State because of the housing crisis. Towns and villages are facing demographic cliff edges in many cases. Young people cannot buy or build homes where they grew up right across rural Ireland. In many cases, this is down to inaction by the Government, but in many other cases, it is down to a lack of critical infrastructure,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: And Bunmahon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I think a very willing community would be found in Bunmahon, in particular.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I acknowledge that all these issues are not of Uisce Éireann's making and it asked the Government for significant funding a year and a half ago to address some of these issues but it did not materialise. It is important, however, for me to have mentioned those two examples. I thank the witnesses for their responses.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 70. To ask the Minister for Health if she will implement a plan to support individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including the development of specialist multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring enhanced and immediate access to givinostat and similar treatments. [34818/25]